Introduction to Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia - Online Course

Introduction to Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia - Online Course is organized by Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute (GCUS) Inc.

Date of Original Release: 4/17/2019
Reviewed for Content Accuracy: 4/17/2022
This Edition Valid for Credit Through: 4/17/2025

Course Description:
Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia Online Course provides the user with a comprehensive, engaging, and informative review of various nerve blocks performed under ultrasound guidance. The upper extremity, lower extremity, and truncal blocks are all covered in this online course. With 12 months of unlimited access to the online course, you will have plenty of time and flexibility to both complete and re-review the content for maximized learning potential. Add on a hands-on workshop (Regularly scheduled, Private, or Onsite) for the most comprehensive “blended” course format.

Course Objectives:
• Improve participants' understanding and ability to execute Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia operations.
• Demonstrate how to use a transducer properly and how to optimize a system to create photos for diagnostic purposes.
• Describe the benefits of using ultrasound-guided nerve block technology.
• Learn how to recognize and distinguish the topographic and cross-sectional anatomy of the brachial plexus.
• Describes the use of ultrasound imaging for performing nerve blocks under regional anesthesia in the upper extremities.
• Demonstrate imaging techniques for executing ultrasound-guided lower extremity nerve blocks on real-time or live models.
• Explain how to use ultrasound guidance to perform PECC and TAP blocks.

Course Topics: 
• Imaging Fundamentals
• Appropriate Indications and exact Applications for Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia
• Upper Extremity Nerve Blocks: Anatomy, US Scanning, and vaccination skills
        • Interscalene
        • Supraclavicular
        • Infraclavicular
        • Axillary
        • Musculocutaneous
        • Forearm: Radial, Ulnar, Median
• Truncal Blocks
        • PECS 1
        • PECCS 11
        • Subcostal TAP
        • Classical TAP
        • Quadratus Lumborum Block
• Lower Extremity Nerve Blocks: Anatomy US Scanning and vaccination skills
        • Femoral
        • Fascia Iliaca Block
        • Saphenous/Adductor Canal Block
        • Sciatic (Popliteal & Subgluteal)
        • Ankle Blocks
• Scan Demonstrations